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Ashes and Embers

7.219822h 9mMovieDrama

Ashes and Embers is an original screenplay by Haile Gerima, about a Vietnam veteran, who, several years after the war, is struggling to come to terms with his role in the war, and his role as a Black person in America. He survives by…

DirectorHaile Gerima
WriterHaile Gerima
ProducerHaile Gerima

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Cast · Directed by Haile Gerima

EB
Evelyn A. Blackwell
Grandma
JA
John Anderson
Grandson
NB
Norman Blalock
Jim
KF
Kathy Flewellen
Liza Jane
UF
Uwezo Flewellen
Kimathi
BW
Barry Wiggins
Randolph

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Ashes and Embers — streaming FAQ

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Ashes and Embers hasn't started streaming in United States yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around January 5, 1983. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.